The Bamberg Conference 1926

• Hitler called a National Party conference in Bamberg, Bavaria to address the growing split between the northern parts of the party, which favoured more socialist policies, and the more rural southern parts, which emphasised the more nationalist elements.
• At the conference Northern leaders such as Gregor Strasser and Joseph Goebbels set out their views but were then subjected to a five hour rant by Hitler. Goebbels wavered and came over to Hitler’s side.
• Hitler’s control of the party was now re-established and Goebbels was rewarded by becoming Gauleiter of Berlin. Hitler never trusted Strasser again and he would become a victim during the Night of the Long Knives.
• The Nazis now became much more of a nationalist party.